Dumping My Fiancé For His Uncle By Danielle Sayers

Fiancé Uncle 97

Chapter 97

"Sorry, but whatever you're offering, it's not enough. We have professional ethics. There's no way we'd betray our employer just like that," the man said with a click of his tongue, a hint of pity in his eyes as he looked at Thea. "You can only blame your bad luck for crossing t He stood up and coldly ordered. "Get on with it. Break her hand.

With just a few casual words, he sealed Thea's fate.

Thea gritted her teeth, watching as the group approached, her chest tightening with fear.

'Who could it be? Madelyn? Emmalie? They're not aiming to kill me, but if they ruin my hand, I'll be as good as useless,' she thought, feeling the cold dread creeping in.

It was a devastating outcome, one that would surely make things worse.

Thea, feigning helplessness, let tears fall while she subtly reached for a stone by the roadside.

The moment the first person got close, she struck hard and fast, slamming the rock against his forehead.

Taking advantage of his brief moment of pain, Thea shook off his grip and bolted.

The others didn't seem worried at all, even laughing loudly at the injured man.

She hadn't run far before another person caught up, yanking her hair and slamming her face into the wet ground.

Her face was pressed into the rainwater, utterly miserable.

Pain radiated through her head, and from the corner of her eye, she saw someone raising a baseball bat high above her.

only name

area, followed

of despair, Thea's

off, exchanging dark glances

her, and the rain above her

Thea couldn't tell if her face was covered in rainwater or

who had come, the light in her eyes slowly

It was Jake.

frowned, his voice tense and full of concern. "What happened? Why did those people attack you? Thea, have you gotten involved with someone dangerous?" Thea felt her heart grow colder, her

to do, so I'll

caught up, grabbing her wrist with a firm grip. "I'll take

brows furrowed, her

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felt a pang in his chest as if wounded, and his voice carried a hint of frustration. "Thea, do you even have a heart saved you, and this is how you repay me?" Thea took a deep breath, forcing out a smile that looked more like a grimace. "That's why I said, thank you,

why he was

the end, he had saved her. She owed him that much, and she couldn't just treat him with cold indifference like the usually

her mind was in chaos,

exhaled slowly and chose not to refuse him

felt a wave of

Nicolas. That's on me. I should've learned my lesson about betrayal by now, but somehow

arrived at the

back